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Nonchalant (born Tanya Pointer on October 18, 1970 in Washington, D.C.) was a female rapper\songwriter that was signed to MCA Records.

In 1996, Nonchalant released her debut single, "5 O'Clock" which peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100, topped Billboard's Hot Rap Singles chart, #5 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, #33 on Billboard's Rhythmic Top 40 chart and #8 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart, staying on the chart for 20 weeks. In the U.K., the song managed to peak at #44 on the U.K. Singles chart.

In March of that same year, she released her debut album, "Until the Day" which peaked at #94 on the Billboard 200 and #20 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart.

The title song managed to peak at #25 on Billboard's Hot Rap Singles chart and #88 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart, staying on the chart for only 4 weeks. After that, Nonchalant was featured on the "Dangerous Ground" movie soundtrack with female rappers MC Lyte, Yo-Yo, and Bahamadia with the track, "Keep on Pushin'."

In 1998, Nonchalant released the single, "Take It There" which peaked at #8 on Billboard's Hot Rap Singles chart and #56 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart, staying on the chart for 4 weeks. She made her last appearance on the "Half Baked" movie soundtrack with the song, "Flyin'" before fading into obscurity.

In 1991, the duo released their debut single, "James Brown is Dead" which peaked at #59 on the Billboard Hot 100, #4 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and #14 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart. Internationally, the song was successful, topping the charts in Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain and reached the Top 10 in Australia, Germany, Sweden, Italy, and Switzerland.

In 1992, L.A. Style released their debut album, "The Album." When the album was released in the United States a year later, it managed to peak at #21 on Billboard's Heatseekers albums chart. The album marked the first appearance of female trip-hop vocalist Nicolette as a featured singer and lead artist FX (or Frans Zid Merkx).

In recent years, there have been rumors of L.A. Style being reformed with FX, but since then, Wessel van Diepen works as a popular DJ in the Netherlands while FX has has been working with the main producer and old friend behind DJ Chukie Fabian Lennsen.